A few days later.
Qianqing Hall.
In the court.
"Report! Your Majesty, the barbarian country on the border has sent an envoy to discuss state affairs with us."
"This time they even specially sent their Prime Minister!"
"oh?"
Liang Jing looked very surprised. "Barbarian country?" The so-called barbarian country was naturally the Xiongnu on the border, but it was just a nicer name.
I'm afraid the Huns' intentions this time are not simple, so I must be on my guard.
"Okay, let the people from the Honglu Temple get ready!"
"Since the Xiongnu attach so much importance to negotiations this time, we in the Great Zhou Dynasty naturally cannot lose our manners and let these barbarians look down on us."
"I didn't expect that the Prime Minister of the Barbarian Country would be able to come!"
At this time, Yang Zhong stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, in my opinion, the Xiongnu came to negotiate with our Great Zhou, perhaps to open up a mutual trade."
"Then they must be here to show friendship to our Great Zhou."
"These Huns have long been frightened by our attacks."
"After all, General Xiao He is so powerful and brave!"
However, Liang Jing did not think so. He felt that this matter must be very complicated.
Do you really want peace?
Even if she asked for peace, she might not agree. She had tolerated it for so long.
In her opinion, the only right way is to completely destroy the Huns, or to make the Huns submit forever.
The Huns have suddenly become powerful recently, which is indeed not simple.
…
After the court was dismissed.
Liang Jing found Lu Yun, looking very sad, and said, "Go and receive the envoy from the Barbarian Kingdom."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty."
"Xiao Yunzi, you don't know that the Prime Minister of their Barbarian Country made the Barbarian Country extremely powerful in a short period of time!"
"I've heard that the Barbarian Kingdom has become incredibly powerful! These ministers in the court are still limited in their thinking. The Barbarian Kingdom is now different from the past."
"After all, General Xiao He hasn't fought against them for a long time, so some things are not particularly clear to him."
"this……"
Lu Yun was stunned for a moment. Is this Prime Minister really that powerful?
He really wants to see it.
Compared to myself, he shouldn’t be that great!
Liang Jing continued, "What I'm most worried about right now is whether someone from the Han Empire is behind this."
"If you really want to reduce our power and weaken our own strength, then the best thing to do is to let us fight each other."
"Now, the arrival of the Barbarian Country is probably not a good sign!"
"That's right." Lu Yun nodded. "Then what's the purpose of the Barbarian Kingdom's envoy coming this time?"
"I don't know for sure at the moment. I can only take it one step at a time and see. I hope there won't be any major problems."
"But if they come to ask for peace, then I don't particularly hope so. I would rather fight! They are getting stronger and stronger, and I will be very worried."
Lu Yun suddenly realized and asked, "Your Majesty, you want to fight, right?"
"yes."
…
Soon, the envoys from the barbarian country arrived in Shangjing City.
As soon as they arrived at the city gate, Lu Yun went to receive them in person, with Ye Jiajia beside him.
When their delegation's carriage stopped, they saw a middle-aged man with slightly gray hair walking down from it.
The middle-aged man, dressed in gorgeous clothes, looked dignified and solemn. He glanced at Lu Yun coldly and said, "I am the Prime Minister of the Barbarian Kingdom, Du Ruofu."
"I wonder who you are?"
Lu Yun snorted and pointed at his clothes, "Master Prime Minister, you really have terrible eyesight."
"Can't you see I'm a father-in-law?"
"Ahem, my name is Lu Yun, the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department and the commander of the Western Factory."
After hearing this, Du Ruofu suddenly understood. No wonder he sent a eunuch to pick him up. It turned out that the eunuch's identity was not simple.
A eunuch can not only win battles, but also help the emperor solve so many problems, and also strengthen the centralization of their Great Zhou.
This must be very difficult!
"So it's Eunuch Lu. I'm so disrespectful."
"Eunuch Lu, I've also heard of your deeds, but I didn't expect you to be so amazing. I really admire you."
"No, no, the Prime Minister is truly amazing. He has single-handedly raised the strength of the entire Barbarian Nation to more than one level."
"I wonder what the Prime Minister is here for this time?"
"I still need to tell His Majesty about this matter, and I hope Eunuch Lu can forgive me."
"Okay." Lu Yun nodded and didn't ask any more questions. He let the carriage go in directly.
At the same time, Ye Jiajia beside him whispered, "Not simple! This Prime Minister must be a Grandmaster!"
"He's even stronger than me. I can feel his presence. I can't beat him."
"What!"
Lu Yun's eyes widened in disbelief! This old man was clearly a scholar, yet he was actually a hidden Grandmaster.
How can others live when you are both civil and martial?
It’s amazing!
Lu Yun sighed helplessly, "Amazing!"
"Let's go, we still have to make arrangements for others."
“…”
Honglu Temple.
This was the place where envoys were received, and Du Ruofu and the envoys under his command lived here.
This time they came, they also brought a lot of specialties from their barbarian country, and even brought several high-quality horses.
"Eunuch Lu, please arrange for me to meet His Majesty tomorrow."
Lu Yun nodded and chuckled softly, "Du Shoufu, there's no rush for this matter. I'm going to treat you all well tonight."
"By the way, Prime Minister Du, why did you only bring some rough men with you? Why didn't you bring any scholars?"
"Bringing a bunch of roughnecks to negotiate with the enemy country doesn't seem to be very useful."
Du Ruofu smiled awkwardly, "I'm the only civil official you need. Don't look at the big men under my command. They are all big and strong, but they are also very thoughtful."
"Besides, as a scholar, don't I need protection from others? What if the people from your Great Zhou don't keep their word and want to attack me?"
Lu Yun looked very calm, and suddenly realized, "So that's how it is. But there's no need to worry so much, Prime Minister."
"Our Great Zhou is a country of etiquette, how could we possibly do such a thing?"
"Master Prime Minister, I wish you all a good meal, drinks and fun tonight!"
"If you want to go out and stroll around our imperial city, you can, but you have to say hello to the people from our Honglu Temple."
"Thank you very much."
Just like that, Lu Yundan left this place, but he still kept a watchful eye.
"Send someone to follow them quietly, and make sure there are no mistakes."
"Also, write down for me all the places they've been."
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